Platform-Defining PC Titles to Be Showcased on NVIDIA-based PCs Provided By HP
ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO-LOS ANGELES, May 10
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide
leader in visual processing solutions, today announced that its GeForce(TM) 6
series of graphics processing units (GPU) is the overwhelming choice of
publishers and developers participating in this week's Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3). More than 500 PCs equipped with NVIDIA's latest
generation GeForce 6800 GPUs will be used by over 30 game publishers and
developers, including Activision, Bethesda(R) Softworks, Codemasters Software
Ltd., Electronic Arts, Eidos Interactive, Novalogic, Sega, Sony Online
Entertainment, THQ, Ubisoft and more, to showcase a broad selection of titles
that further define the PC as a bleeding-edge gaming device.
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The NVIDIA booth (South Hall -- 324) will serve as a showcase for gaming
on the PC with an impressive collection of more than 45 new games, each taking
advantage of the new GeForce 6800 series of GPUs to deliver breakthrough
gaming experiences at blazing-fast frame rates. The Company will also
showcase new game titles with planned support for Shader Model 3.0 -- a key
feature of Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) 9.0 -- enabled only by the NVIDIA
GeForce(TM) 6 Series. Titles include Armies of Exigo(TM) (EA Games), Damage,
Inc (Climax), EverQuest(R) II (Sony Online Entertainment), Far Cry (Ubisoft),
Painkiller (Dreamcatcher Games), Pirates of the Burning Sea (Flying Lab
Software), S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl (THQ) and Tiger Woods PGA(R)
Tour 2005 (EA Sports).
"For gamers, 2004 is really the year of the PC," said David Roman, vice
president of corporate marketing at E3. "The groundswell of support from game
publishers and developers for the GeForce 6800 is further proof that the PC is
alive and kicking as a gaming machine. It's exciting for us to be able to
assemble a collection of the top games of the show under the NVIDIA brand, and
even more exciting to know that gamers will soon get to experience these games
on top-performing GeForce 6 Series GPUs."
Additional titles to be featured in the NVIDIA booth include:
-- Call of Duty(TM): United Offensive(TM) (Activision)
-- Chaos League (Strategy First)
-- Chronos (Saber Interactive)
-- City of Heroes(TM) (NCsoft)
-- Dark Age of Camelot(R): New Frontiers (Mythic Entertainment)
-- Dark and Light (NP3)
-- Dungeon Siege(R) 2 (Microsoft)
-- Final Fantasy XI (Square Enix)
-- Ground Control(R) II: Operation Exodus (VU Games)
-- GTR (SIMBIN Development Team)
-- Guild Wars(TM) (NCsoft)
-- Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban(TM) (EA Games)
-- Hitman: Contracts (Eidos Interactive)
-- Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising (Novalogic)
-- Lineage(R) II: The Chaotic Chronicle (NCsoft)
-- Rome: Total War(TM) (Activision)
-- Perimeter (Codemasters)
-- Powerdrome (Vector OEM/Argonaut Software)
-- Soldiers: Heroes of World War 2 (Codemasters Software Ltd.)
-- Soldner(TM): Secret Wars (Encore Software)
-- Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Ubisoft)
-- Thief: Deadly Shadows (Eidos Interactive)
-- TOCA Race Driver 2 (Codemasters Software Ltd.)
-- Unreal(R) Tournament 2004 (Atari)
-- Vendetta (Strategy First)
-- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (THQ)
-- World Championship Rugby (Acclaim)
-- World of Warcraft(TM) (Blizzard Entertainment)
-- Xpand Rally (Techland)
-- You are Empty (Digital Spray)
-- Zoo Tycoon(TM) 2 (Microsoft Games Studios)
For the show, NVIDIA has also teamed up with HP to debut its new Compaq X
Gaming PC -- a new desktop PC designed for high-end gaming -- that will be on
display in various publishers' booths throughout the show floor. Slated for
availability in July, the customizable Compaq X Gaming PC will be among the
first wave of PCs to feature the combined processing power of the GeForce 6800
Ultra GPU and NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) 3 250Gb media and communications processors
(MCP). The Compaq X Gaming PC will be available to purchase direct from
hpshopping.com, by calling 1-888-999-4747, or by visiting select retailers.
For more information about NVIDIA at E3, including daily reports from show
floor, please visit http://www.nvidia.com.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is a market leader in visual computing technology
dedicated to creating products that enhance the interactive experience on
consumer and professional computing platforms. Its graphics and communications
processors have broad market reach and are incorporated into a wide variety of
computing platforms, including consumer digital-media PCs, enterprise PCs,
professional workstations, digital content creation systems, notebook PCs,
military navigation systems and video game consoles. NVIDIA is headquartered
in Santa Clara, California and employs more than 1,800 people worldwide. For
more information, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.nvidia.com .
Certain statements in this press release, including any statements
relating to the Company's performance expectations for NVIDIA's family of
products and expectations of continued revenue growth, are forward-looking
statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
results to be materially different than expectations. Such risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, manufacturing and other delays
relating to new products, difficulties in the fabrication process and
dependence of the Company on third-party manufacturers, general industry
trends including cyclical trends in the PC and semiconductor industries, the
impact of competitive products and pricing alternatives, market acceptance of
the Company's new products, and the Company's dependence on third-party
developers and publishers. Investors are advised to read the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly those sections entitled
"Certain Business Risks," for a fuller discussion of these and other risks and
uncertainties.
Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. All company
and/or product names may be trade names, trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated. Features,
pricing, availability, and specifications are subject to change without
notice.
SOURCE NVIDIA Corporation
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